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snow_and_rain |
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December 12, 2011 08:29:26am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Cape Cod Dancin > Franklins > The Other One 10/27/79 |
Dancing in the Street is an iconic song of the 1960s that took on deeper meaning as movements against segregation and the Vietnam War coalesced later in the decade. By the late 60s it was a protest song. And during that era more often than not they knocked it out of the park.
This post was modified by snow_and_rain on 2011-12-12 16:29:26
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William Tell |
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December 12, 2011 10:24:21am |
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Re: Cape Cod Dancin > Franklins > The Other One 10/27/79 |
Hey S&R, til reading your post, I didn't know just how impt it became to Black community activists. Nonetheless, the straight up lyrics are pure pop. I wasn't refering to what it became, but the motivation of the writing/original contribution in 64:
"Dancing in the street had two meanings. The first is the one Martha Reeves asserted to reporters in England. The British press aggravated Reeves when someone put a microphone in her face and asked her if she was a militant leader. The British journalist wanted to know if Reeves agreed, as many people had claimed, that 'Dancing in the Street' was a call to riot. To Reeves, the query was patently absurd. 'My Lord, it was a party song,' she remarked in retrospect" (Smith 221)..."
Nonetheless, interesting reading (above just Wiki).
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